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  • Professional Senior Membership

    Professional senior membership gives recognition to bpf members who work in settings other than private practice, or in private practice at varied frequencies. Successful applicants will receive the title of ‘Senior Professional Member’ of the bpf and can register with the BPC as a Senior Member. Applications accepted throughout the year.

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  • Developing a psychoanalytic approach to working with children and adolescents

    Training Location: London. Part-time course. This course offers the opportunity for those currently engaged in direct work with children or young people to discuss aspects of that work in a weekly seminar led by a senior child psychotherapist. The aim of the course is to develop and enhance psychoanalytic understanding of the emotional growth and […]

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  • Jung Reading Group

    Applications are now closed for 2024 Established in 2008, this successful reading group is open to those with a shared interest in Jung. It aims to carry out a systematic reading of C.G. Jung’s original works and explore their significance in academic and clinical contexts, including taking into account post-Jungian perspectives in analytical psychology. Applications […]

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  • Infant Observation

    This two-year course provides an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of human development through direct observation of an infant during its early life. The body of knowledge is drawn from the main psychoanalytic schools. The course contains experiential and some theoretical learning. On satisfactory completion of the Infant Observation Paper participants are awarded a […]

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  • Jungian Dreams Workshop

    Applications for September 2024 are NOW CLOSED. A series of six Saturday workshops exploring dream and dream interpretation through the Jungian lens. We will develop and deepen our conversation with dreams and dream symbolism, widening our understanding of collective and personal unconscious processes, both in and outside the consulting room. No prior knowledge of Jung […]

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  • Developing Supervision Skills

    This is a course for those wishing to explore their supervision practice. It consists of Lectures/Discussions and Clinical Presentation Groups. A series of ten workshops over three terms designed for Psychotherapists and Psychodynamic Counsellors wishing to explore their supervision practice. The Course consists of Lectures/Discussions and Clinical Presentation Groups.

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  • PPA Senior Membership

    The aim of the course is to help colleagues deepen and intensify their clinical work. It is our intention that the requirements of the course fit comfortably within a pre-existing private practice. The extra work that is required is usually offset by the rewards of increased work satisfaction and the opportunity to meet with and […]

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  • Service Supervisors Professional Development Course

    IPCAPA is committed to supporting its service supervisors in their vital role in training our child and adolescent psychotherapists. This course is part of that support and is aimed at service supervisors who wish to enhance their supervisory skills in the ever complex NHS environment. The bpf is committed to diversity and inclusivity in all the work […]

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  • Intensive case supervisors professional development (ACP)

    This course prepares ACP-Approved Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists to become intensive case supervisors for future IPCAPA trainees. Study in-person at: 37 Mapesbury Road, London NW2 4HJ Applications are open. See ‘How to apply’ for more details. Application Deadline: 28th June 2024.

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